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* i * ! ? vr itfr ii'jU - _ J ' ' ' ' ' r & zg&fi , , ' * > ' * ' ' ' ' , ' , ' , ' THE TKIBUNE. F. N. Si E. HI. KIBIMEIX , Pubs. McCOOK. NEB NEWS OF NEBEASKA. As TO Air EXTRA. SESSION. The Herald yesterday morning considered the bearing of Nebraska's wonderful growth in popula tion , as shown by this year's census re- tarns , upon its representation in congress. The article was in the main a forecast ol the possibilities for 1890 , when the next congressional reapportionment will take place. There is , however , another view ol the state's greatgrowth in population that arises from that provision of the state law which requires that the state shall be reap- portioned for tho legislature every five years. To illustrate the need for such a reapportionment now , the Herald presents the folloving carefully prepared tabular showing of the population of the several senatorial districts in .1880 and 1885 re spectively : " District. No. Senators. 1880. 1885. 1 1 15,031 18,688 2 1 10,451 13,134 3 1 .14,515 19,891 4 1 15,727 19,366 5 1 10,083 20,705 6 2 37,045 72,058 7 8 22,292 9 1 11,203 15,499 10 1 13,784 27,085 11 1 13,955 29,724 12 1 J..11.410 36,033 13 21,850 1 ' 10,040 23,119 15 1. . . . . . 15,810 20,427 16 2 28.090 39,719 17 1 11,147 15.225 18 1. . . . .11,170 15,082 19 1 10,204 13,452 20 1.- 14,491 19,760 21 1 13,104 2G.1G4 22 1 14,209 22,223 23 1 10,804 24,742 24 1 11,294 14,201 25 1 10,839 25,195 2C 1 13,983 26,578 1 12,184 22,233 28 1 10,295 18,004 29 1 12,005 21,010 30 1 13,296 24,799 31 1 11,203 27,183 * Tho Seventh district Is composed of Sarpy and part of Douglas county and exact figures consequently cannot be given. In 1880 when the total population of the state was 452,402 , the basis of senatorial representation was supposed to be one sen ator to each 13.709 of population. In fact , though , it ranged from 10,204in the'19th district ( Fillmore county ) to 16,839 in the 25th district ( Hamilton and Hall counties ) . Now it needs only a glance at the above table to show that tho injustices of that unequal apportionment have been in creased by the growth of population. To illustrate : take the total population re turned this year , 748,045 , and divide it by 33 , tbe number of senatorial districts , and the basis of apportionment will be fixed at 22,413. Under that Douglas county , for instance , will be entitled to three senators , while Nemaha county , which how has one senator for its 13,134 population , and Richardson county , which has also a sena tor , would combined be entitled to only one senator. There are scores of other such incongruities that can easily be pqint- ed out from tbe above tables , while in the apportionment of representative districts , as will be shown at anothertime , the diver gences and inequalities are even greater. [ Omaha Herald. THE NEW GAJIE LAW. Following is an extract from the game law passed by the last legislature and which went into effect on the 1st of September : It shall be unlawful to kill , ensnare or trap any grouse between the first day pf January and the first day of September in each year. * * * It shall also be unlaw ful for any person , agent or employe of any association , corporation' , railroad com pany or express company to receive , carry , transport or ship any such animal or bird at any time of the year. It shall be unlaw ful for any person to go upon the premises ol another person or corporation for the purpose of hunting , trapping , netting , en snaring or killing any animal or bird at any season of the year unless by the con sent of the owner or owners of said prem ises. It is further enacted that any per son , agent or employe as aforesaid who shall violate the provision of this section stall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction .thereof shall pay a fine * of five dollars for each bird o killed. DEALING WITH A WIFE BEATER. Special from Milford : The most aggravated case of wife beating that ever occurred in this county was enacted hereto-day. . The fiend who did tho deed was arrested , and when brought into court not only pleaded guilty but bragged of his action and vowed that he would do it again when he felt like it. The judge fined him $10 and costs , and the fellow was about to goto jail when a party ot bis friends ( ? ) clubbed together and raised the money to buy his freedom. This was done not from any feelings ol kindness towards the brute , but in order that the friends might get hold of him for the pur pose of administering more justice. When the prisoner was discharged he was taken in hand by the mob and severely punished. It will not be safe for the wife-beater to re peat his offense in this community. 3HSCELLA1TEOUS STATE MATTERS. WORK has been begun on the feeble mind ed institute at Beatrice. , BEATRICE hai built two beautiful churches this year and another is in process of erec tion. Added to this scores ol costly resi * " ' dencea have been and are going up in all di- I" _ A TERRiBLKiaccident occurred Monday morning , says the Talmadge Tribune , about tfwo miles west of W. P. Ashton's farm in Me Williams precinct. Mr. Asbton has been hauling sand to his home and had a young man , a Bohemian , named Joseph JPierot , working for him shovelling. He left him on the sand bank while he took a load home. When he returned he found the bank taved and Pierot completely buried. He dug in and found him dead- suffocated , witb every mark of the fearful agony he must have suffered upon his face. THE Burlington and Missouri railroad has filed articles of incorporation for a branch road to begin at some point on the ST. . main line in Fillmore county and run south- * T- , ireet through Fillmore , Thayer and Nuckolls county to Burr Oak , Kan. Hoc CHOLEKA is again prevailing in por tions of Dodge county where it existed last year. THE filth annual meeting of the Nebraska State Farmers' Alliance will be held at the Academy of Music , in Lincoln , for tho transaction of such business as may prop erly come before it , commencing Tuesday evening , September 13,1885 , and continue at pleasure o ! the meeting. THE Hastings business college enters the new year with very encouraging prospects THE secretary of the Grant monument association o ! Nebraska has sent out docu ments , circulars and receipt books where by certain parties .are authorized , to re ceive voluntary contributions to the Grant monument fund , and receipt for same , th purpose being to erect a suitable monu ment to Gen. Grant at Lincoln , Neb. THE matter ol water works for Aurora , tbe Republican of that place regrets to say has entirely fallen through. AT a fire at Aurora , the store house of D. M. White was destroyed. Fourteen spring wagons , harness and other articles were ronsumed. Loss about $3,000 ; in surance half. BBOWNVILLE held its harvest home festi val last week , there being a large attend ance. IT is now that the farmer takes his shot gun and strolls out to the melon patch as the shades of evening gather around. The average small boy is well posted as to where the best melons are to be found. "MjCSNiFiCEiNT potatoes are coming fntb Fremont and bring 30 cents a bushel. A MAN at Fremont named Granger , con victed of stealing a cow , was fined $100 and given thirty days in jail. THE agricultural society of Cedar county are going to a good deal of expense to ad vertise and fix up for the fair this fall. HARTINGTON has a silver cornet band , whose members have offered their services to the agricultural society at the coming fair. WILLIAM STOKES , living about eight miles north of Unadilla , had a team stolen last week , together with halters , bridles and one saddle. The horses were in their stalls at 9 o'clock Saturday night , but they were ; one Sunday morning when he went to the stable about 6 o'clock to feed. A YOUNG business man of Blair made it quite lively for & venerable physician of that place for paying too much attention to his ( y. b. m. ) hired girl. EMERSON has a fine * school house which , will cost $4,000. SYRACUSE folks say there is no diphtheria epidemic in their town. The B. & M. company has now a through ; elegrapli line to Central City. THE Hartington creamery has reached that prosperous condition that it turns out a carload of butter a day. IN ten days 320 lots were sold at Chad- ron and the amount of money gathered in was $70,000. THE railroad commissioners ban queted by the citizens of Columbus at the Albion hotel. A LABORER named Paroac was smothered to death while working in a sand bank on the premises of W. P. Ashton in Otoe county. MRS. STELLA RICHARDSON , who was burned by a kerosene accident at Lincoln , July 20 , died last week. The unfortunate woman was a widow , whose home was in Omaha , and was visiting friends in Lincoln at the time of the accident. MERCHANTSofHastingsanticipateaheavy fall trade and are preparing for it accord ingly. AT Hastings tho other day a couple of irate females each with a horsewhip in band paraded the streets looking for the local man of the"Nebraskan. He was warned of the fact and kept out of-their reach. Thus was a first-class sensation spoiled. A LINCOLN scientist has invented an ap paratus that proves a man has a soul in dependent of the body. CAPT. WILLIAM PORTERFIELD , of Fre mont , has a warrant dated Fairfax , Va. , Oct. 24,1744. It is 141 years old. THERE are 2,750 inhabitants in the un organized territory of the state. AFTER having been tried five times for running off mortgaged property , J. T. Stevens , of Stanton , was acquitted by the county judge. As threshing progresses , it is fonnd that the wheat crop has been overestimated. Here and there a field will turnoif twenty bushels , but the avsrage will be away be low that figure. LIGHTNING has been playing havoc near Fairmont. It killed a cow and some hogs for James Kemper and a cow for George Dart. It likewise gave the house of J. W. Walters and his family a close call by strik ing a tree near his residence. The family were considerably shocked. THE B. & M. Co. now have a force of men at work putting down a well at Bertrand which will cost them $5,000 when com pleted. The well will be between 250 and 300 feet deep , and 14 feet in diameter. A of depth 200 feet has already been ataincd. THE railroad commission made a halt at David City , whereupon the citizens made a kick for a straight passenger train. BY the corrected census reports , Butler county has a population of 13,313 ; David City , 1,489 ; Ulysses , 758 ; Rising , 447 ; Bellwood , 347 ; Brainard , 244. There are 1,964 farms and 116 manufacturing enter prises in the county. PROF. A. W-FooiE has been chosen as principal of the schools of Pierce. He comes to bis work with strong recommen dations. SoPERiORhas organized a board of trade , members of which propose to look after the best interests of the town. LINCOLN'S electric light now makes plain the path of the belated pedestrian. The gas in that place has had to go. THE Hastings base ball club is somewhat demoralized but has not disbanded , as re ported. DAMAGE suits for illegal grading are piling up against the City of Omaha. ACCORDING to the Lincoln Journal ic takes about fifteen days for a letter to reach the capital from Columbus. The laziest sort of a tramp could count ties faster than that. HASTINGS bas sent in an application to become a city of the second-class. BLAIR is at last to have waterworks. Tho contract has been let to Fairbanks & Co. o ! St. Louis , for § 17,000 , and it is pro posed to break ground for the works at the earliest possible moment. .AT Blair the other day , a young woman named Chamberlain attempted suicide by throwing herself in front o ! a locomotive. The engineer saw her in time to reverse his engine and save the unfortunate life. She was one of the demi monde , and the cause assigned for her rash act was "genera blues. " FREMONT , too , has the base ball fever so bad that games , with admission at the gate , are played on Sunday. The Tribune o ! that city earnestly protests against this Sabbath day disecration. THE West Point Republican says that Dr. Schuhardt , a former resident of that town , was tendered a reception by the citi zens of Scribner the other day , but de clined. The festive doctor did not like the appearance of bucket of tar and a bag ol feathers that was to figure in the mati nee and he skipped across lots and the ceremony had to be postponed. MB. JOHN LASHBROOK , foreman in the Tekanm Herald office , had the misfortune to get his right hand caught in the job press while going at full speed , mashing and otherwise mangling his hand in a terrible manner. MHS. L. B. SMITH , ol Blair , has presented a bill to that city , by her attorney , J. T. Davis , for $212 damages and doctor bill , for injuries received from a fall caused by a defective sidewalk. Foun hundred and seventy-one scholars enrolled in Hastings on thojfirst day of the schools. OMAHA'S board of trade have begun to push matters in connection with tho cham ber of commerce building. THE work on tho state capital is pro gressing satisfactorily : Thestone work for the center is now up as high as the two wings. THE young ladies ol Bloomington have organized a base ball club. AT the little. town of Gilmore , near Omaha , a cattle-feeding mart has been .es tablished and recently opened with a capa city ol 3,750 stalls. CHESTER B. DAYIS , the engineer for the system of sewerage to be constructed in Lincoln , has arrived on the ground and submitted his plans for the work to the city council. The plans have been adopted and work will be begun at once. CONGRESSMAN DORSEY has several bush els of winter seed wheat at Washington which the "garden sass" bureau has just allowed him for distribution. The Fre mont Tribune says ho doesn't know whether tc ship it out as it is or to have it ground into flour , then baked and sent to lis constituents in the form of biscuits and pretzels. JOHN T. CLELAND , chief of the Fremont ire department , has tendered his resigna tion. % THE first annual exhibition of the Ne- malia county agricultural fair and driving park association will be held at Auburn October G , 7 , 8 and 9. SOME sneaking person went into I. N. McConnell's sub-division to Beatrice and cut down , chopped and otherwise .mutila ted about 200 maple trees on the premises. UcConnell would like to get hold of the man who recklessly used his ax. CHARLES F. CLARKE , a denier in the "queer , " was captured at Friend last week. George F. Radford , proprietor of a livery barn in the same place , is under arrest for attempted rape upon a Bohemian woman. THE saloon-keepers of Omaha have been granted seven days grace that is , they will be allowed to do business after 12 o'clock at night during week of the fair. SAFE-BLOWERS operated on the safe of J. Nf. Yerga , a butcher of Omaha , securing about $25. To snow the persistency of Lincoln sneak- fchieves , it is recorded that one entered a bouse and stole three flat-irons from ared- liofc stove. THE Gage county republican convention nominated the following ticket : For treas urer , E. J. Roderick ; for clerk , Geo. N. Emery ; for judge , 0. M. Enlow ; for register of deeds , J. E. Hayes ; for sheriff , E. F. Davis ; for superintendent , M. D. Harpam ; ; or commissioner , G. H. Jones ; for coroner , F. M. Somers. THERE is said to be big competion be tween the women of Nebraska for capture of the stove offered as a special premium 'or the best bread shown at the state fair. THE Fremont Tribune says a human thing named Folk living in that city is re ported upon good authority to have turned iiis wife and children out of the house into the chilly rain the other evening and refused to take them back , notwithstanding.their pitiful cries and pleadings , and were still aouseless the following noon. What's the matter with tendering him a suit of tar and feathers ? SOLDIERS WHO BATE DESERTED. A Decision oy Second Comptroller STaynard in Regard to Them. Second Comptroller Maynard has mad : a decision in the case of claims of soldiere [ or arrears of pay and bounty who have been honorably discharged , but who are charged upon the military record with de sertion. He says that in cases where a soldier has been marked on the rolls and reported as a deserter and it appears that within a reasonable time thereafter , and while the war was still progressing and the army engaged in active hostilities against the enemy , he voluntarily returned to his company and regiment and Tvas uncondi tionally received into service or was re ceived on conditions which have been ful filled , not involving the forfeiture of-pay or allowances , and he subsequently rendered faithful and acceptable military service and was honorably discharged , it will be held that the presumption that he was a deserter which the entry upon the military records and rolls might create will 1)6 deemed to be conclusively rebutted and overthrown. In such a case the soldier is to be treated as absent without leave. The practice of the second comptroller's office in adjusting the payand allowances due discharged soldiers will hereafter conform to the above rules. . . > FIFTY aOXEKWT SOTTffES FEEDING. Wliat It Set Forth in the Report from Iht Bureau of Statistics Tlie Great Cattle In terest. The bureau of statistics , says the Phila delphia Press , has recently issued a report of unusual interest relative to pur vast cattle interests , in which special attention is given the range and ranch cattle business of the United States. It is only within a comparatively recent period that the pub lic have realized the magnitude of this in dustry. The territory embraced In what is commonly known as the range and ranch cattle area , embraces about 1,365,000 square miles and constitute 44 per cent ol the total area of our domain , exclusive ol Alaska an area equal to that of Great Britain and Ireland , France , Germany , Denmark. Holland , Belgium , Austria , Hun gary , Italy , Spain and Portugal , and one- fiftir of Russia in Europe combined. Throuhout this vast area , which extends into fifteen states and territories , tha In dian and the buffalo have been superseded by the cowboy and the Texas steer. Upon these extensive plains , browsing and fat tening orr the public domain , roam thou sands of bead of cattle , and every year droves of cattle thus find their way Eastto the slaughter-houses of Chicago and other points , and from thence the beef is shipped to all parts of the world. Thanks to the development of our rail road system , the cost of everything these cattle fattened upon the rich grass of pas tures of which at present are as free as.the air they breathe or the water they drink , has been reduced to a sum which has made the cattle trajfic from the far west one of great possibilities. The freight charge for transporting cattle to Chicago from the meridian passing through the center of the range and ranch cattle belt is about $0.50. The current rate per head from Chicago to New York is about $4.80. The total freight charge for transporting a ste r from the cattle belt to New York may , there fore , be stated at $11.30. Add to this the freight of the carcass or the live beast to Liverpool or other European ports , which is not more than as much again , and it will be seen that we are likely for some time to come to utilize these far western plains in supplying the European world with meat. The rapid development of the cattle inter ests may be seen by a glance at the sub joined table : Total No. Year. cattle. 1850 . 17,778,907 18GO . 25,020,019 1870 . 23,820,008 1880 . 35,925,511 1884 . . . . . 49,417,782 The estimated value of these cattle ag gregates $1,190,000,000. Over 10,500- 000 of the total number comprise the Texas cattle and the range and ranch cat tle area north of Texas , constituting in value 28 per cent , of the total value of the cattleHn the United StatesThe increase in number has been largely restricted to the range and ranch area. With the increase of cattle raising in tho west and the improvements in transpor tation has come the comparatively new business of shipping dressed beef from the west to the cast. In 1880 this movement amounted to 15.080 tons ; in 1881 it had reached 75,359 tons ; in 1882. 93,110 tons ; in 1883 , 145,871 tons and last year 173- 067. The rapidity of the growth of these shipments will be somewhat a surprise to those English free traders who are advising the British farmer to quit competing with America in raising wheat and try some- filing else namely , cattleraising. But this 173,000 tons of meat is trifling compared with the possibilities pf the trade when the shipping points of ihe west are fully awak ened to the importance of the trade. This , up to the present time , is exclusively a Chicago enterprise , and the eastern ship ping points wen1 chiefly in the New England states. Of the total shipment of 173,058 tons of dressed beef , 172,824 tons were from Chicago , St. Louis contributing but 203 tons , Buffalo 21 tons and Illinois 10 tons. During the roniing year , other cities ? , notably St. Louis , will engage extensively in the business and the shipments will ba greatly inc-eased. PERSONAL Parnell's older brother is a successful peach-grower in Georgia. Miss Kate Field is never tired of inveigh ing against the Mormons. Miss Etta Vilas , sister of the Postmaster General , is not expected to live more than a few weeks longer. Miss Folsom , of Buffalo , who was once reported engaged to President Cleveland , is at Scranton , Penn. Senator Sherman has opened the Ohio campaign. The opening of the Ohio cham pagne will soon follow. Mrs. Bayard , wife of the Secretary of State , finds the l > almy air of Gloucester , Mass. , exceedingly beneficial. The name of the novel writer known as "The Duchess" sceras to be as numerous as the author of "Beautiful Snow. " Governor Hoadly , of Ohio , has come to : he conclusion that malaria is not half so debilitating as the hand-shaking of muscu- ar admirers. Christine Nillson recently startled and delighted a Swalbach audience : that was listening to a concert of some wandering Tyrolese minstrels by suddenly bursting forth into song. The Queen of Italy is having a magnifi cent fan painted for her by an Italian art ist. It is paint.'d on kid leather and repre. scnts the Queen surrounded by the Graces and other allegorical figures , with the gen ius Italy in the act of crowning her. TELE FATE OF A. XIAR. He Was a Democrat , but Haa to Go Just the Same. "Washington special : Mr. Montgomery , the new commissioner of patents , while en gaged in "turning the rascals out , " decapi tated a messenger in his bureau who had been in office for several years without do ing much of anything to earn his salary. Upon receiving his discharge he made a ? reat ado over it , and insisted that the ax bad fallen on the wrong neck. He was a democrat , lie said , and had always been a democrat ; had voted the ticket straight at every election , and stood by his party even in the'face of discharge by a republican ad ministration. Mr. Montgomery looked trim over and then called for the letters _ of recommendation upon which he was orig inally appointed. "You are a democrat , are you ? " ' Yes , sir , " replied'the man. "And always have been ? " "Always. " "Then you are discharged for falsehood and for obtaining an office under false pre tenses. In this application for appoint ment filed five years ago you state that you are a republican , no one but republi cans indorsed you , and everyone of them recommends you as a faithful and useful member of that party. You can go. " Tlfere are a good many department clerks turning up who have always been democrats , but this example has assisted to make such pretensions unpopular. m ' ; ; - AND yoxss. atattfn of IntcreM Touched Vfon by PTM * Jfruv GotfMTMV. Charlie Townsend , the negro who mnrderec an old man named Freeman atMadlson , Ala. wcs hanged In the county Jail. Townseni ! entered the store of Freeman on the cvcnlns , ol December 8,1884 , and asked for a nlckel'i worth of peanuts. The old man Btoopocl down to get them out of the barrel , and whllo la this position , Townsend procured an axe he ad In a convenient place and struck tho o'.d mm. He cat his throat from ear to car with a knlfo and then robbed him , getting only $23. $23.Chief Chief Detective Kelly of Philadelphia , re colrcd an anonymous note In reference to tha explosion of the steamer Felton , as follows "The Felton explosion was of dynamite. Tho people who had It did not Intend to explode It. They were on the boat at the time , and wcra taking It home to use. It will be impos sible for you to discover them , bat to remove the suspicion of evil intent from others tbls statement Is made. Your Investigation should bo to that end. " The note was evidently written in a disguised hand. During : a rainstorm at "Washington , D. C. E. E.r Redmon's barn was struck by lightning killing two men and injuring two others. One of the men killed was Geo. Emery , of St- Croix Falls. The names of the others are un known. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the first monthly statement for the current fiscal year , reports the total value of exports o ) merchandise from the United States during the twelve months ending July 31,1SS5 , were $733,378,000 ; during the preceding twelve months , § 742,240COO , a decrease of ? SSG3- , 000. The imports of merchandise during the twelve months , endlnir July 31 , 1SS5 , were $571,424,000 , against the same time last year of § 663,842OCO , a decrease of § 34,418,000. H. R. Mills , Myron Northup , John J. Mul- heren , and Fitz Hugh Edward , have.been se lected for duty at Port Union and Detroit Mich. , tinder the Hospital Bureau , to assist the State authorities to prevent the introduc tion and spread of small-pox from Canada. This action was taked by the acting secretary of the trecsury at the request of the governor cf Michigan. Fifteen or more cases of Texas fever are among milch cows near the Michigan Central stock yards , Detroit , several of which have been fatal. The butchers are trying to keep the presence of the disease a secret , but of its existence there Is no doubt. The State Live Stock Sanitary Commissioners have been notified , and will meet to adopt precaution ary measures against the spread of the dis ease. Parker Pepper of Phillip ! , Barbour county , W. Virginia , made an assignment , withliabll- ties estimated at from § 75,000 to $100,000. He was the largest live stock dealer in that state , shipping largely to Eastern markets. Reuben Davison , of Taylor county , and other prominent cattlemen , will be the heaviest losers. A terrible accident occurred at Oakwood shaft near Wilkesbarre , Pa. The cage on which ten men were being lowered Into the shaft , had nearly reachedjthe bottom , when a mass of loose coal and rock fell from the side of the shaft down the pit , striking and com pletely demolishing the cage , which was made of heavy timber and iron work , Instantly kilL Ing four of the men , fatally wounding two others and seriously Injuring the others. Mrs. MaiTietta Holbrook , of Braintreo Mass. , who attempted to poison her husband with a pork stew with Paris green , was balled In $800 , her case being continued one week. Her husband refuses to testify , and the case will probably not be prosecuted. An unsuccessful attempt was made at Blcomington , 111. , by a band of masked men to burn the bridge on the Indianapolis , Bloomington & Western railroad near Dan- vers. The Intention was thought to be to wreck the express passing at midnight. A farmer discovered the bridge to be on fire and attempted to extinguish the flames but was commanded to let it alone. He drove to Danvers and gave the alarm in time to stop tho train. As the train approached the bridge a half dozen men fled to the woods. Near Kidder , Mo. , a farmer was shot by a man who had hidden behind a hedge. He was not killed at the first fire , and called loudly for his son , who heard him and came to his rescue. The assassin fired again and then ran. Six buckshot entered Henry's body. His son attempted to follow the mur derer , who drew his gun threateningly , and , as young Henry was not armeil , he dared not follow farther. The assassin had a mask over his face. The possession of this farm has been the cause of bad blood , and the feud probably led to the killing. The Walkup Inquest at Emporia , Kansas , which besan Saturday , Aug. 22 , closed Aug. 31st. When the jury met Coroner Frost read the certificate of analysis which was accepted as a final decision of the question as to wheth er or not Walkup died of poison. The jury then proceeded to take testimony of Charles Ryder , the druggist who sold Doctor Jacobs the subnitrate of bismuth which was ised by Dr. Gardner who analyzed part of the same can and pronounced it free irom arsenic , and Dr. Jacobs.and the county attornev , who each swallowed 60 grains of the drug without ill effect. All the testimony concurred that the articles used by Jacobs were of the purest , and absolutely free from arsenic. The jury next examined Eben Baldwin , of Lawrence in regard to Walkup's llness on the steamboat last December oa his passage to New Orleans and the manner In which Walkup became acquainted with Miss Minnie Wallace. The jury adjourned , and at five o'clock returned a verdict that J. R. Walkup came to his death by arsenical pois oning , and from the evidence the jury believe It was administered by his wife , Minnie Wal * Jace Walkup. Mrs. Walkup was arrested and charged with the murder of her husband , the will be brought up for preliminary hearing- Her mother , who arrived Saturday , has confi dence in the Innocence of her daughter. The country In the vicinity of Calhoun , Ga. , Is in a frenzy of excitement over the dar-1 Ing deeds of outlawry of a disreputable gang who have been infecting that locality. Re- : cently the store of W. P. Dillard & Co. , at Crane Eater , Ga. , near Calhoun , was robbed and then blown np with powder. The shock was terrific , the postoffice being entirely de molished ; also the gin house of Tite& May- field , loss from eight thousand to ten thou sand dollars. The people are up In arms. At least one hundred men were scourging the woods for the culprits. Seven are already ar rested and more suspected. Several will doubtless be lynched. i ' i Barney Conner , a noted tough of Greens- burg , Ind. , was shot and killed there by James Clemmons , marshal of that place. Clemmons started to arrest Conner and the latter ran , 4. and refusing to halt Clemmons emptied the I load of buckshot Into him. Conner was twen. ty years old and unmarried. Public senti ment is with the officer. At Rcdband , N. J. , George Curry attempt ed to shoot Susie Wescott , his sweetheart , tat the bullet hit her corset steel and glanced off. Curry then shot himself and Tell dead ather feet Jealousy was the cause. James T. Holland , the Texan who shot and killed Torn Davis in New York , was taken to police headquarters for the. purpose of giving- the detectives an opportunity of scelnir him- He appeared unconcerned and seemed to look upon his arrest as a mere formality. Holland was handcuffed by the detective and the crowd followed them through the streets , when asked how he felt he replied , "Oh , I am all rteht" lie refused to say anything about the shooting beyond the fact that Davis at tempted to rob him. Particulars of the murder of a woman by her daughter-in-law have reached Little Rock. The alleged crime was committed in Newton county , Ark. , the slayer and slain being re spectively Mrs. Elizabeth Clayton and Mrs. Roberts. Thp women lived in the same dwelling. Mrs. 'Roberts died lately under suspicious circumstances , and Mrs. Clayton was subsequently arrested on the charge of having murdered her. The preliminary ex amination resulted in Mrs. Clayton beinir bound over to await the action of the grand jury. The parties concerned are highly re spectable. Mrs. Clayton has been released , having given bail. . Great excitement prevails at Canton , Ohio , over the actions of the mob that made efforts to enter the Belford mill , and attempted ti > murder the "black sheep" of the nailers em- plovcd there. The men locked the doar of their room and escaped injury. The mob is supposed to be composed of striking mill men. For a year a feud has existed between John Hawks and John Stinchcomb near Warfield , N. Y. The two men met on the road and be gan firing at each other , one with a revolver -V and the other with a gun. Hawks was n- stantly killed and Stinchcomb fatally injured. Hawks leaves eleven small children. The execution of John A. Coffee for the murder of the McMulIen family , which was to occur in Crawfordsville , Ind. , has been postponed. The sheriff received a respite from Gov. Gray extending Coffee's lease of life until Oct. 16 , at which time , in case Den nis fails to get a new trial , both will be exe cuted. A new trial for Dennis extends Cof fee's life Indefinitely. A GOOD JOB TO HOLD DOWN" Talk With the Ex-minister to Russia A Pleasant Place for Diplomatic Service. New York telegram : Judge Alphonso Taft , ex-minister to Russia ; Mrs. Tat t and Fanny Taft were among tho arrivals by bhe Servia from Europe on tho 1st. They were met by Charles P. Taft and Henry W. , and on tho vessels discharge from quarantine went to the Fifth Avenue hotel tor the day. In the evening they all went to Henry W. Taft's home at Pelham Manor , and then to Little Boar's Head , N. H. , where Mr. Charles Taft has a cot tage. The judge will go to Washington and jome to Cincinnati about October. A correspondent met the ex minister at the hotel. He has been quite ill , and said that for fifty days he was confined to tho 3ed and the house with typhoid aneumonia. About his late post at St. Petersburg as minister to Russia he said : "It is a very pleasant place for diplomatic service. Tho czar and all the court are very civil , polite and cordial with the repre sentatives of foreign countries. I was hap py to find in thediplomatic representatives bf other governments at St. Petersburg men , of cordiality and sociality , making the residence there very agreeable. Tho czar is a man of exceeding kindness. I met him often at Peterhoff , where he exprensed the lighest admiration of American enterprise , ndustry and invention. The empress is a marvel of a wife , devoted to her family , and very useful in court soriety. " ' 'How about the Afghanistan boundary trouble ? " 'v "The Afghan question is a tedious one. [ have no doubt it will be settled soon at east for the present. That was the feeling when I left St. Petersburg. I don't know jut it may seem to breed a war , but I do not think either England or Russia want a war now , or are going to have t. The negotiations between Eng- and and Russia have not been so far Hiblished as to enable me to give an ex- iression in which I would have any confi dence. It is evident that the negotiations on that subject have been earnest and criti cal. The feeling against England has somc- vbat modified. As regards nihilism my mpression is that thegovernmenfc ha-sbeen so persevering and the police so skillful in detecting the projects of that element that ; hey have pretty much annihilated nihil- .V j sm. It may turn out differently , because , lie nihilists are not likely to advertise pub- icly their purposes , if any had been formed. The government has been exceedingly dili gent in ferreting out their project. " "Had your successor arrived ? " "Yes , I met Mr. Lathrop at Berlin , and we went to St. Petersburg together , where ve had an audience with the czar together. 3e has got a house , and is settled in it. Lieut. Scheutze had also arrived on his way ; o the mouth of tbe Lena river to distri- > ute presents to the natives who aided to save the survivors of the Jeannette. " country.'v SATISFIED WITH THE OVTLOOK. low the Treasury System for the Circulation of Silver Operates. Treasurer Jordan says that the policy idopted by the treasury department to ecure a better circulation of silver coin is neeting with gratifying success. During the nonth of August just ended there was paid jut from the different sub-treasuries 51-667,444 in standard dollars , and Jl,495,902 in fractional silver coin , which imounts were largely in excess of the issue jf silver during the corresponding month of ast year. Mr. Jordan says the with- rawal of one and two dollar notes from irculation was made necessary by the apid accumulation of silver in the sub- reasuries. It was expected in this way to reate a demand for silver coin. That the jlan was successful is shown by the large jutput of silver during the past month. So ar no formal complaints or protests igainst the withdrawal of the one and two lollar notes has been made. Applications lave , however , been received for large quantities of small notes. In each case the inswer has simply been made that the ssue of these notes has been suspended for , he present. Treasury officials express themselves as nuch. encouraged by the present state of inances and predict an improvement in ; he general business of the country.
